by TurkeyPurge | Dec 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown, Uncategorized
Turkey’s media monitoring institution, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has decided to shut down Yol TV for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The RTÜK officials made the decision on Wednesday after the TV station refused to be...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
“My husband is in jail. He was the only person who took care of me. What am I supposed to do now? The cancer I have is already stage 4. I was laid off from my job with the recent gov’t decree. I have to pay rent. I have to look after our two children. Don’t you...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
At least 22 people were arrested, while 143 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 16 provinces across Turkey. The arrestees over the past day mostly included shopkeepers, and other...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 206 people were arrested, while 30 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
A 28-year-old man of Turkish origin has been handed down a prison sentence of eight months and a fine of 23,000 euros by a French court after he attacked several institutions affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement in the country. The Turkish government blames...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze